"Over half of UK employees are struggling to make long-term changes to their lifestyles, but believe they could adopt healthier practices with more help from their employers," reports the UK publication Insights. The piece reports on a study of 2,000 UK employees by...
The success of an employee engagement plan is dependent on participation rates. The more people who partake in a program, the better the results for a company. Organizations need to take the lead in fostering engagement, building a strong program foundation by...
Most employers emphasize workplace wellness programs that directly incentivize employees, bypassing the roles of managers to shape workplace habits. A recent study published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology suggests that managers are untapped leaders...
We've written frequently about the health dangers from too much sitting. We also know that some jobs simply require employees to remain at their desks -- often sitting -- for long periods of time. Like call center workers. Johns Hopkins Institute for Health and...
Paul Mulhausen, MD, is chief medical officer at Telligen, a population health management company. He recently wrote in Employee Benefit News that "To create value in our healthcare system, we first need to create a culture of health. Although steps are being made by...
Two issues many of our readers care about: Employee engagement and well-being. These are also areas that many instinctively feel are closely related. Are they? Gallup provides an interesting take on the question, asking: "Many organizations measure and evaluate their...
This post from Cathy Kenworthy, Interactive Health CEO, was originally published in LinkedIn here. Please visit the original piece to leave any comment. Today, December 17 at 3 pm ET, we are presenting a webinar – Create a Wellness Incentive Strategy that Works –...
We all know that employee engagement is one of the key success measures for any workplace wellness program. And we've written previously about one creative tactic: Treat workplace wellness as entertainment. Well, we might be on to something. U.S. News & World...
According to Benefits Pro, "Wellness programs are all the rage." But as we know, a great program is only great if your employees are engaged and active. To that end, Benefits Pro reports on a session at at the National Business Group on Health's annual conference....